EXCLUSIVE POLL: Theresa May set to win 162-seat majority in the general election

An exclusive Business Insider / GfK election poll shows
the Conservatives on 48%, Labour on 28%.

Theresa May is heading for a huge majority on June
8.

The Tories lead Labour among all social
classes.

Approval ratings: May +16 / Corbyn -30.

Still no sign of a surge for the Liberal
Democrats.

LONDON — The Conservatives remain headed for a landslide victory
in the general election, an exclusive Business Insider / GfK
opinion poll shows.

The survey conducted by GfK shows that 48% of
Brits intend to vote for Theresa May's Conservatives on June 8,
which is a 7-point increase for the Tories since GfK's last
opinion poll. Twenty-eight percent of respondents said they plan
to vote for Labour.

If these results were repeated at the general election, the
Tories could expect to win 406 seats, leaving Prime Minister May
with a huge working majority of 162 MPs, according to Martin Baxter's Electoral
Calculus.

Here are the results of our general election voter intention
poll:

Conservatives: 48% (+7)

Labour: 28% (no change)

UKIP: 5% (-7)

Lib Dem: 7% (no change)

Green: 3% (-3)

Other: 8% (+2)

The Business Insider / GfK survey is just the latest poll to give
the Conservatives a double-figure lead over Jeremy Corbyn's
Labour. Here's look at how the Tories have enjoyed a comfortable
lead over Labour in the polls ever since May announced a
snap election on April 18.

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The Tories also lead Labour among all social classes and have a
48 percentage-point lead among respondents who voted Leave in
June. Labour leads the Conservatives among people who voted
Remain — but by only 6 points.

"Jeremy Corbyn’s approval rating has improved since our last
survey in March but it will be of little consolation to Labour
supporters considering the Conservatives extremely large lead,"
GfK Research Director Keiran Pedley said.

"It is too early to make specific predictions about what might
happen on June the 8th with three weeks to go –
surveys of this kind are a snapshot of opinion rather than
predictions as the saying goes – however, given Theresa May’s
strong approval ratings and the size of the Conservative lead it
really would be a shock if the Conservatives didn’t win this
General Election with a significantly increased majority."

The increase in support for the Tories appears to come at the
expense of UKIP, which has lost 7 percentage points since GfK's
last voter intention opinion poll in March. There is still no
sign of any sort of surge for Tim Farron's Liberal Democrats.

Corbyn's personal ratings continue to be a big problem for the
Labour leader. Asked how they thought Corbyn was handling his job
as Leader of the Opposition, 52% said they disapproved, while 22%
approved. Compare this to May, whose handling of her role as
Prime Minister was approved by 49% of respondents, while 33%
disapproved.

Corbyn's approval rating has improved by 5 points since GfK's
last survey but was still the worst of all party leaders.

Blair received a net score of -38% when respondents were asked
whether they'd consider voting for a Labour Party under his
leadership. Corbyn's own net score was -22%, which was better
than Ed Miliband who scored -32%.

The Business Insider / GfK survey found little obvious change
in voter perception of Brexit since the company's last poll.
Forty-five percent (-1%) of respondents said the decision to
leave the EU was the right decision while 41% (no change) said
that it was wrong.

GfK surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,952 British
adults online between May 3 and May 14